The Nintendo DS Internet Browser

The Nintendo DS Browser is a port of the Opera 8.5 web browser for use on the Nintendo DS, developed by Opera Software and Nintendo, and sold as a standalone game cartridge. Two versions were sold, one for the original Nintendo DS and one for the Nintendo DS Lite, each with a different Slot-2 memory expansion pack to fit the respective system.

[JayBoyModz]

Sooo the DS had a web browser and the Switch doesn't...

[Soulintent]

Not gonna lie, i used the browser on my dsi to look at inappropriate pictures. I was a bit of a wild child.

[CheckerChess]

The fact that the og DS pulls up more pages in 2024 then the 3DS is insane

[beeperbees]

I utterly *begged* my parents for this when I was a kid! I mean, what I'd really wanted was the PSP, but short of that, having a browser on the DS Lite felt like magic!

[VinnytotheK]

Weird to describe it as "swapped out the GBA slot for an internal web browser."

[bgjck]

The DSi had a included web browser because it had the extra RAM included internally

[-removed]

Wait opera was originally on the fucking dsi

[messorgamez]

Doesn’t the 3DS have a built in web browser?

[Arnyew]

I had this! I was so disappointed when I found out it didn't have flash player 😢

[P-C-Principle]

Dude smashed those two consoles together like he was bout to build a house. I'd love to see that. A tiny home built from old DS shells and DSI shells. Heck you could even splurge and get some XL shells in that sucker.

[Alahdeen_]

I was in kindergarten in 2004/2005 and has this idea myself. I brought it up to my teacher and a friend named Katie while walking out of the bus loop door. I said "you'd get a cartridge and it would let you on the internet". I'd like royalties, with back pay please.

[Internetgirl]

This made me realize that the Nintendo DS has a gameboy cartridge area. Thanks

[seer]

I had this. I got the DS Lite version despite having a phat DS, so I had to slice off the plastic sticking out on the ram cartridge that Nintendo put on purpose (so it wouldn't fit in a GBA or phat DS and possibly get stuck). But then created a handle for the cartridge so I could pull it out if I wanted.

It worked pretty good in my experience. There was less bloat on websites back then. Videos wasn't supported of course, but it could view 2MB gifs.

[R.O.T.C._SEEM]

I remember having this. It took me so long to actually find a gamestop with this in it.

[Mopsamaxwell]

Imagine if this type of technology continued to still exist. Like an 8gb memory expansion pack for the Nintendo Switch, or a 4gb expansion for the Nintedo Wii!

[alyaly]

i used to read ebooks and use twt with my DSi back then!! I also used to look up the lyrics!!! Missing those days

[owki]

i wonder how many people used this for spicy content

[spongeboymebob]

God i remember the good ol days of playing all my GBA games on my brand spanking new DS Lite, that internet GBA cartridge brought all those memories back lmao

[lowpolysunrise]

I remember getting this for xmas when I was a kid. It was my first personal web browser. I spent so much time looking up stuff on gaming sites and looking for cool mario and Sonic art.

[DarienDragonFox]

I remember using 3ds browser to play games on the browser from those special websites.... good times